Pier Peers: Artist Development Programme
Artist Opportunity: Open Call to Participate in a new Artist Development Programme
Pier Projects are collaborating with arts writer and coach Ellen Mara De Wachter to offer a free artist development programme.
Pier Peers will support the creative development of a diverse group of artists living and working within the East of England (Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk).
Beginning in June and taking place over six months, this bespoke programme will consist of group activities, individual coaching, and workshops tailored to the participants’ needs.
We are delighted to announce the cohort of six artists taking part; Michelle Brace, Catalina Carvajal, Cath Cartman, Stevie Mackenzie-Smith, Holly Sandiford and Rachel Wright. We look forward to working with them!
About Pier Peers
Pier Peers foregrounds practices that support personal and community resilience. It prioritises a holistic approach to creativity with three main strands:
Embodied creativity
Self-awareness
Collaborative dynamics
The programme is led by arts writer, coach and mentor, Ellen Mara De Wachter with support and input from artists, writers and practitioners. Thematically it connects to Pier Projects’ concurrent programme, ‘Views from Convalescent Hill: the Heritage of Rest, Wellbeing and Care in Felixstowe’.
Pier Peers Overview
The group will meet regularly over six months, both online and in person in Felixstowe: the coastal town within which Pier Projects’ work is rooted.
The programme comprises:
Group activities:
Creative work sharing sessions
Group critical feedback sessions
Group meals
Workshops devised to meet participants’ goals and needs
Coaching:
Each participant will receive one-to-one coaching with Ellen Mara De Wachter, a qualified Relational Dynamics coach who specialises in working with artists
Workshops:
Embodied creativity workshop
Writing workshop with arts writer Ellen Mara De Wachter
A workshop devised with the participants in response to their goals and needs